The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah - Therion

Getting closer to the gasping prey To learn the need of private war Hand in hand with rotting death Return to god in parts Without remorse Damnation on my rusty skin Curtain fire in my head Unconsciously killing all the dead Just fire and forget Abstracted deep in lust Just fell in love with guns Don't wonder You are a part of rolling thunder Rolling Thunder Rolling Thunder I struggled with myself When I looked into those hollow eyes Upheld that fragile honor That dissapeared into the endlessness of time You are a part of rolling thunder Rolling Thunder Rolling Thunder I chose the path of blind dissension I never woke up when I heard the cries My everlasting hate to be revealed As kids were dying by their mother's side I earned the seed of retaliation Destroyed the fruits of human race Desensitized by blood and ichor Returning home with a bag on my face Abstracted deep in lust Just fell in love with guns Don't wonder You are a part of rolling thunder Rolling Thunder Rolling Thunder I struggled with myself When I looked into those hollow eyes Upheld that fragile honor That disappeared into the endlessness of time

If I could face them If I could make amends with all my shadows I'd bow my head and welcome them But I feel it burning Like when the winter wind stops my breathing Are you really gonna love me when I'm gone? I fear you won't I fear you don't And it echoes when I breathe 'Til all you'll see is my ghost Empty vessel, crooked teeth Wish you could see And they call me under And I'm shaking like a leaf And they call me under And I wither underneath in this storm I am a stranger I am an alien inside a structure Are you really gonna love me when I'm gone? With all my thoughts And all my faults I feel it biting I feel it break my skin, so uninviting Are you really gonna need me when I'm gone? I fear you won't I fear you don't And it echoes when I breathe 'Til all you'll see is my ghost Empty vessel, crooked teeth Wish you could see And they call me under And I'm shaking like a leaf And they call me under And I wither underneath in this storm I feel it And they call me under And I'm shaking like a leaf And they call me underneath to this storm

The rusted chains of prison moons are shattered by the sun I walk a road, horizons change, the tournament's begun The purple piper plays his tune, the choir softly sing Three lullabies in an ancient tongue for the court of the crimson king The keeper of the city keys ut shutters on the dreams I wait outside the pilgrim's door with insufficient schemes The black queen chants, the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king The gardener plants an evergreen whilst trampling on a flower I chase the wind of a prism ship to taste the sweet and sour The pattern juggler lifts his hand, the orchestra begin As slowly turns the grinding wheel in the court of the crimson king On soft gray mornings widows cry, the wise men share a joke I run to grasp divining signs to satisfy the hoax The yellow jester does not play, but gently pulls the strings And smiles as the puppets dance in the court of the crimson king

Running from the past Tripping on the now What is lost can be found, it's obvious And like a rubber ball We come bouncing back We all got a second act, inside of us I believe I believe that we're just one dream Away from who we're meant to be That we're standing on the edge of Something big, something crazy Our best days are yet unknown That this moment is ours to own 'Cause we're standing on the edge of great (On the edge of great) great (On the edge of great) great (On the edge of great) 'Cause we're standing on the edge of great We all make mistakes But they're just stepping stones To take us where we wanna go It's never straight, no Sometimes we gotta lean Lean on someone else To get a little help Until we find our way I believe I believe that we're just one dream Away from who we're meant to be That we're standing on the edge of Something big, something crazy Our best days are yet unknown That this moment is ours to own 'Cause we're standing on the edge of great (On the edge of great) great (On the edge of great) great (On the edge of great) 'Cause we're standing on the edge of Shout, shout Come on and let it out, out Don't gotta hide it Let your colours blind their eyes Be who you are no, compromise Just shout, shout Come on and let it out, out What doesn't kill you makes you feel alive Ooh-oh I believe I believe that we're just one dream Away from who we're meant to be That we're standing on the edge of great Something big, something crazy Our best days are yet unknown That this moment is ours to own 'Cause we're standing on the edge of great (Great, on the edge of great) on the edge of great (Great, on the edge of great) on the edge (Great, on the edge of great) 'Cause we're standing on the edge of Running from the past Tripping on the now What is lost can be found, it's obvious

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع